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Sundance London – Sleepwalk With Me Review: A Poignant, Hilarious Indie Comedy
1 May 2013 5:15 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comic Mike Birbiglia has adapted his 2008 one-man show into a riveting, hilarious and clearly somewhat autobiographical venture that, at 81 minutes long, doesn’t outstay its welcome for even a second.
Sleepwalk with Me focuses on long-time couple Matt (Birbiglia) and Abby (Lauren Ambrose), who despite being together for almost a decade, still haven’t tied the knot. Matt is a comedian who works as a bartender to make ends meet, while struggling to light up comedy lounges with barely 10 minutes of sub-standard material. Abby, meanwhile, knows what she wants – to get married, and then have a baby – but doesn’t want to have to beg Matt for it.
The irony is that as Matt fesses up to the difficulties facing his relationship, his comic routine improves, as he begins to incorporate anecdotes about himself and Abby into his shtick. The opposition is clear; Matt’s career »
- Shaun Munro
Sundance London 2013 Review - Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
29 April 2013 10:02 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Sleepwalk with Me, 2012
Directed by Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
Written by Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
Starring Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, JamesRebhorn and Carol Kane
Synopsis:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
As someone who suffers from a mild version of Rem Sleep Disorder, the idea of Sleepwalk with Me appealed. It tells the story of struggling stand-up comedian Matt Pandamiglio (writer/director Mike Birbiglia, who based the character on himself) who doesn’t have the confidence or material to make it big with his dream profession. Not only that, but he’s unsure about his relationship with long-time girlfriend Abby and he has started acting out his dreams.
Some people will tell you that using narration is a lazy form of script writing »
- luke-o
Sundance London: Sleepwalk With Me Review
26 April 2013 1:25 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Mike Birbiglia.
Starring: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane.
Running Time: 81 minutes.
Synopsis: An underachieving comedian, stressed out by his lack of work and his long-running relationship with his girlfriend, finds himself sleepwalking, leading to all manner of problems with his personal life.
A funny and poignant film about love, honesty and fulfilment (or lack of), Sleepwalk With Me tells the story of Matt (Mike Birbiglia), a budding comedian who lacks confidence and funny material, but has a great relationship with his girlfriend, Abby (played by Six Feet Under’s Lauren Ambrose). However, Matt has a sleepwalking problem; a disorder which is a catalyst for the events of the film, testing Matt’s commitment, responsibilities and relationships to breaking point.
Sleepwalk With Me boasts some fine comic performances from its cast, especially Birbiglia who has instant rapport with the audience from his opening address to camera. There are some great characters here, »
- Matt Dennis
Our Pick of the Films Playing at Sundance London 2013
24 April 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The Sundance London Film and Music Festival returns to the capital this weekend and the lineup of film and music events looks to build on the solid foundation established last year.
It’s an exciting time for Independent film with the trailblazing success of the Sundance festival in Utah sparking off dozens of initiatives, the Raindance festival is a notable and vibrant example, and Sundance London is looking to do more than replicating the success of its American cousin.
When we reported on the lineup we singled out Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love, a biopic of self-styled King of Soho Paul Raymond, and Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color, his highly anticipated follow-up film to 2004′s Primer. However there are many more excellent films playing across the various strands and we wanted to shine our spotlight on some of the films to look forward to.
All the films playing »
- Jon Lyus
‘Heathers’ vs. ‘Jawbreaker’
16 April 2013 10:43 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by: Darren Stein
USA, 1999
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
USA, 1988
Discussion of Jawbreaker (1999) seems near impossible without some reference to Heathers (1988). The two films sit together along with their peers Carrie (1975), Mean Girls (2004), Clueless (1995) and others, in the film-genre high school lunch room. Jawbreaker holds only a critical 7% and audience 52% on rotten tomatoes to Heathers’ critical 95% and audience 81%. It would seem that, in the words of their lunch-mate Mean Girls “people are saying [Jawbreaker] is a less hot version of [Heathers].” Critics often lambast the ’99 comedy for ripping too directly from its ’88 counterpart, for being less intelligent, less humorous and unoriginal. But what are these types of comparative criticisms of these films appealing to? While the two certainly hold similar subjects there is a clear distinction in style and intention. Where Heathers discusses the structure of society Jawbreaker focuses on the spectacle that hides the sour intentions.
Both Jawbreaker and »
- Adriene Lilly
London Sundance Film Festival, O2 Arena, April 25th – 28th 2013
14 March 2013 5:21 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The Sundance Institute and London’s O2 venue announced this week the programme of panels, feature films and short films for the second Sundance London film and music festival which is schduled to run from the 25-28 April. The Sundance Institute, which annually presents the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., selected the film and panel programming, bringing its unique blend of indepedeant cinema and music to the heart of London. The programme continues its 2012 focus on presenting new work by independent filmmakers and exploring the interplay between independent film and music.
The programme announced today includes 18 feature films and nine short films across four sections, including a new UK Spotlight. Twenty-three films will make their international, European or UK premieres at Sundance London. Ten are by female filmmakers and six are by first-time feature filmmakers. The films collectively received 12 awards when they premiered at the »
- John
The 5 Worst Phone Calls in Movie History
14 March 2013 7:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Halle Berry's new thriller "The Call" has a pretty simple premise: a gal is kidnapped but manages to make a 911 call that is answered by Berry's emergency operator. And then, you know, all hell breaks loose.
Sounds pretty harrowing, right? But when it comes to frightening, dangerous and downright creepy phone calls, Hollywood history is filled with examples even more extreme. So in honor of Berry and "The Call," we thought this would be a perfect time to look at the 5 Worst Phone Calls in Movie History.
5. 'When a Stranger Calls' (1979)
You probably don't remember the 2006 remake because, well, why would you? But the 1979 original remains a terrifying classic thanks in large part to the phone call in the opening scene. Babysitter Jill Johnson (Carol Kane) is relaxing after putting the kids to bed when she gets a creepy, threatening phone call. She contacts the police and »
- Scott Harris
SXSW 2013: Canadian Acts Successfully Invade Austin, Texas
12 March 2013 5:46 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Once upon a time, the success of Canadian indie musicians at SXSW music festival in Austin, TX was news. The rise of Broken Social Scene, The Constantines, Metric, Stars and their ilk was often traced to a series of hype-building showcases down south that introduced our northern rockers to the rest of the world.
Flash forward a decade and SXSW is kicking off its 27th annual music festival with a series of showcases and parties that just happen to be headlined by Canadians, though the names on their passports no longer matters.
Media Temple’s big Interactive closing party, intended to embed the web-hosting company’s “dedication to creativity and innovation” in the brains of drunken partygoers, boasts an unprecedented joint-dj set between techno legend Richie Hawtin and Edm impresario Deadmau5, both of whom are also doing a panel session earlier in the day to talk tech. That they're from Windsor and Toronto, »
- Huffington Post Music Canada
UK Premieres of The Look of Love & Upstream Color Lead Sundance London 2013 – Full Lineup Announced
11 March 2013 5:28 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
At the end of April Sundance London returns to the O2 for another festival celebrating the best of independent film and music.
There is the same diverse range of films which made up the inaugural festival last year with a number of UK premieres including Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely, Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color and our first look at Steve Coogan in Film4′s The Look of Love.
The festival runs from the 25th to the 28th of April at London’s O2. We’ll be taking a more in depth look at the lineup up later in the week and this afternoon we have an exclusive interview with the festival directors.
Here’s the full line up of films, all the rest of the festival’s content (shorts, music and special events) can be found here at http://www.sundance-london.com which is also where you can buy tickets. »
- Jon Lyus
"Girls" recap: It's Back (2.8)
5 March 2013 10:29 AM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
Tags: GirlsIMDbLena Dunham
One reason we are so fascinated by Lena Dunham is that her creative process is relatively transparent; the four women of Girls each mirror an aspect, past or present (or fantastical) of Dunham. This week’s episode, “It’s Back,” finds its corollary in Dunham’s life. As she told Rolling Stone in this week’s featured interview, she struggled with Ocd throughout her childhood and teenage years:
“I was obsessed with the number eight. ... I’d count eight times. ... I’d look on both sides of me eight times, I’d make sure nobody was following me down the street. ... I remember saying to my mom when I was little, ‘I just had to imagine having sex with you eight times.’"
The return of the repressed (or the not so repressed) works well for creative types like Dunham. In the beginning of “It’s Back,” Adam »
- MBHauteWriter
'Girls' - 'It's Back': Hannah and Marnie continue their spirals
4 March 2013 11:30 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
First of all, hands up, everyone who thought Hannah was pretending to have Ocd at the beginning of Sunday's (March 3) "Girls."
Although it lacked some of the usual Hannah elements -- namely, an audience to see the unique and special nature of her problem -- given what we know about her, it's not hard to imagine she was doing her eight-counts as part of an "experience" for her e-book, a la her cocaine bender earlier in the season.
Soon enough, though, we learn Hannah really is obsessive-compulsive, and the stress of her book deadline and the unmooring of her Brooklyn world -- every relationship she had in Season 1, which is only about two months ago in show time, is changed or broken -- has caused it to flare up again. (Adam, on the other hand, seems to be pulling it together, give or take a glass of sour milk. He »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Shiri Appleby on Playing Adam’s New Love Interest on Girls
4 March 2013 10:45 AM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Ever since Hannah dumped Adam, he has spent most of Girls season two in various states of post-breakup mopiness. Last night, he finally got out of his funk and went on a blind date with Natalia, played by Shiri Appleby (Roswell, Life Unexpected). Natalia comes to Adam by way of her mother (Carol Kane), who meets Adam at an AA meeting and sets them up. We don’t know much about his new love interest yet, except that she works as a femme fatale decoy for a private eye and still owns a landline. What we do know is that Adam hasn’t looked this happy since, well, ever. So is this a rebound relationship, or is it the real deal? Will Hannah melt down in multiples of eight when she finally meets Natalia? We spoke to Appleby, who will be sticking around for at least the final two episodes, »
- Mina Hochberg
Girls Recap: In Which All the Girls Are Sad Messes
4 March 2013 7:07 AM, PST | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Had someone asked me to guess what it would look like if Girls ever addressed mental illness, I would never have picked Ocd as the appropriate affliction. And I wish Lena hadn’t. It would seem odd to — unlike the bromance, or the brownstone lover — sweep this all-consuming condition under the rug next week like it never happened. But, then again, I don’t feel particularly wedded to watching Hannah twitch forever (unless it makes fodder of mild assaults on unsuspecting Carlyle Cafe restaurant patrons, which was funny). It’s an episode that, like Adam’s old glass of milk, soured in my mouth. (I couldn’t spit this one out, unfortunately.) Yet it also gave us Carol Kane! Who doesn’t love Carol Kane? (I’m not in the target demographic to properly appreciate Judy Collins, but surely many of the show's viewers are.)Sk8er Boi; or, I »
- Kaitlin Phillips
Here's 10 Vintage Horror Trailers with Original Footage!
8 February 2013 12:00 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Last week, I embarked on a fun little assignment to pull together a batch of teaser trailers for horror sequels; the one criteria being that they all had to feature exclusive footage specifically shot and used just for that trailer. One of the greatest aspects of putting together articles like this is that after I finish them, I like to open up the discussion amongst my Facebook friends and see if we agree or if they have other suggestions I could’ve possibly gone with. While I already had my horror sequels picked out, I got a handful of terrific recommendations for teaser trailers featuring original footage for non-sequel horror movies. So, low and behold, I thought these awesome teasers warranted a separate article and man, some of these are cool as all hell! Special thanks to Jared Rivet, Jeff Nelson & Sean Keller for pointing out quite a few of these to me, »
- Rob Galluzzo
L.A.! Cinefamily celebrates "Psychotic Women" throughout February
1 February 2013 11:20 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Appropriately subtitled "An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films," House Of Psychotic Women is half memoir, half analysis as Janisse superbly probes both her own life and a host of films, creating a both a riveting read and a compendium of pictures you'll be dying to see.
And many of them are playing Los Anegeles' Cinefamily throughout February! Robert Altman's surreal classic 3 Women, the underrated Mia Farrow vehicle Full Circle (aka The Haunting Of Julia), obscure German psychodrama Der Fan, Lynch's towering Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the stunning, wonderfully insane Carol Kane-starrer The Mafu Cage and more all screen this month, many in 16 or 35mm. Janisse will be in attendance for both the February 1 showing of 3 Women and February 5's Play Misty For Me.
You can see a trailer for the series below and find the entire lineup at Cinefamily's House Of Psychotic Women page. »
- samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
L.A.! Cinefamily celebrates "Psychotic Women" throughout February
1 February 2013 11:20 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Appropriately subtitled "An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films," House Of Psychotic Women is half memoir, half analysis as Janisse superbly probes both her own life and a host of films, creating a both a riveting read and a compendium of pictures you'll be dying to see.
And many of them are playing Los Anegeles' Cinefamily throughout February! Robert Altman's surreal classic 3 Women, the underrated Mia Farrow vehicle Full Circle (aka The Haunting Of Julia), obscure German psychodrama Der Fan, Lynch's towering Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the stunning, wonderfully insane Carol Kane-starrer The Mafu Cage and more all screen this month, many in 16 or 35mm. Janisse will be in attendance for both the February 1 showing of 3 Women and February 5's Play Misty For Me.
You can see a trailer for the series below and find the entire lineup at Cinefamily's House Of Psychotic Women page. »
- samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
'Girls': Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner answer our burning questions about season 2
11 January 2013 9:00 AM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
This Sunday, Girls returns to HBO for its second season—with a bit of a warning. “If you loved what we were doing last season, then we’re speaking right to you,” the show’s co-creator and star Lena Dunham told EW in our Winter TV Preview issue. “If you hated it, then I’m afraid things aren’t going to change.”
You’ll have to wait to see how you feel about the cocaine episode, and the episode where Hannah has a pretty awkward discussion about race. But in the meantime, we’ve been chatting with Dunham and Girls »
- Melissa Maerz
DVD Playhouse--Dec. 2012/Jan. 2013
7 January 2013 7:15 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
By Allen Gardner
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Blu-ray Review: Great Extras Enhance Mike Birbiglia’s ‘Sleepwalk with Me’
3 January 2013 6:48 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Sometimes the best way for comics to find an ideal vehicle for their abilities is to direct it themselves. 2012 offered ample proof of that, with Louis C.K. and Lena Dunham setting a stupendously high bar for TV comedy with their respective self-made programs. Of course, “Louis” and “Girls” benefit greatly from the contributions of their first-rate ensembles, yet both are also driven by a singular vision.
I can’t imagine a better person to direct the adaptation of Mike Birbiglia’s 2008 one-man stage show than Birbiglia himself. He’s already proven in a series of bit roles (most notably in Lynn Shelton’s “Your Sister’s Sister” and on Dunham’s “Girls”) that he’s a master of awkward humor as excruciatingly funny as it is painfully authentic. His nonchalant mannerisms and seemingly offhanded line delivery are so believable that it frankly hurts to watch his alter ego bomb onstage, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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